Dana Terrace is an American storyboard artist, animator, and director, best known for her work on Gravity Falls and the creator of the animated series, The Owl House.
Terrace graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York during the spring of 2013 and subsequently moved to Los Angeles after getting hired as a storyboard revisionist for Gravity Falls. After finishing work on the show, Terrace became a director on the first season of the rebooted DuckTales series and as a storyboard artist for the Tangled: The Series episode, "Challenge of the Brave".[1] She is currently the executive producer on The Owl House.
Trivia
- A background character in the Gravity Falls episode "The Stanchurian Candidate" is based off of her and two other members of staff.
- The Tiny Nose character is based on Dana's self caricature.
- She is the sixth woman to create a series for Disney Television Animation after Sue Rose (Pepper Ann), Chris Nee (Doc McStuffins), Daron Nefcy (Star vs. the Forces of Evil), Krista Tucker (Fancy Nancy), and Nicole Dubuc (The Rocketeer).
Gallery
Character based off of Terrace (on the left)
Tiny Nose
(The Owl House)
(The Owl House)
Dana and Wendie Malick with an Eda cosplayer